Eccles (/ˈɛkəlz/; pop. 36,600) is a town in the City of Salford in Greater Manchester, England. It is 2.7 miles (4.3 km) west of Salford and 3.7 miles (6.0 km) west of Manchester city centre, and occupies sloping ground between the M602 motorway (to the north) and the Manchester Ship Canal (to the south).